Health NGOs urge MPs to back Bill on smoking ban for future generations

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PETALING JAYA: Ahead of the upcoming Parliament meeting in March, a group of NGOs has urged MPs to back a Bill by the Health Ministry that seeks to ban smoking for future generations.

"We urge all leaders and MPs attending the Parliament meeting to be united in passing a very good proposal for the future," the 57 health NGOs said in a joint statement on Monday .

"We want to protect our grandchildren from smoking addiction, whether it is conventional cigarettes or electronic cigarettes," the statement added. Citing national survey findings, the NGOs said those who vape increased from an estimated 600,000 in 2016 to more than 1.1 million in 2019. Khairy had said the proposed Tobacco Smoking Control Act will not just regulate e-cigarettes and vape products, but also enforce a"generational end game" for smoking in Malaysia.

 

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